Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is coming into its 4th month. For pvpers, we have seen, one new spvp map, a major setback for WvWvW’s who wish to play at their best due to ascended gear, various exploits pertaining to pvp (inclusive of jumping exploits, teleport through door exploits etc) not fixed , and many other glaring balance issues not address.

This could be taken as a standard norm for most MMO’s until you factor in that , 3 high content events have been given to the pve community. The biggest issue of ranking/ladder/matchmaking and above all, game mode types , is not introduced. Balance ability changes are now done in a lazy (dual effect in pve and pvp have different uses and durations guardians save yourself and recent changes)

The whole WvWvW lack of goals and guild bonuses for keep capturing and defending , plus new added gear issue , plus multiple issues tied to down system and rally zerg meta. The glaringly obvious lack of dev testing when viewed in hindsight for the time it took to nerf mesmer portals.

It is simple guys, PVP is not the priority of GW2 . To belive it will evolve to esport is foolish when not even holiday pvp weapons are introduced. The game model is also being swayed by public views more than developers testing ( changes to down state hp due to whining when others may even argue that downstate hp should just reflect 50% of build hp) .

TLDR: PVP is not priority for GW2 , dont get your hopes up for any modicum of competitive play. The only fun you will get does not come with any sense of accomplishment. patch 12/14/12 patch is the nail in the coffin for a LOT of players.

I assume that for LOT of players you mean yourself…..

Arheundel.6451:

I assume that for LOT of players you mean yourself…..

Constructive criticism there, way to go!

@OP I have to agree that I am less than pleased to see the wide difference between PvP and PvE attention from Anet. But I can only see it as that that Anet blew their budget, had to release the game and now does anything and everything to try to get as much revenue as they can to satisfy the higher ups and stock-holders. Let’s face it, we are a minority and as a minority we tend to get the short end in rough times.

But I would not go so far as to say that the PvP is dead, or the game is doomed or anything. It currently just means that they have a good combat system (granted that is the Only core feature they have..but also the most important one) and will probably implement the rest with time. With enough care and genius from the developers the game can still be a very successful PvP game, and perhaps even a E-sports game. But only time will tell, a lot of time!

I kind of have to agree with OP…

This patch that they did, it looked like a lot of changes for each class, but in reality it was very minor.

The “changes” that they did, was mostly for underwater combat, some small fixes and buffs. There are still problems that have not been addressed at all.

Who cares about underwater combat?

Yezhik.2071:

I kind of have to agree with OP… …..

…..Who cares about underwater combat?

Apparently ArenaNet does.. What a fatal flaw that might turn out to become.

It just feels like their reasoning must have been something like:
-Guys, we had to release prematurely, the PvP is no where near what we wanted/needed it to be, and still just keeps falling behind the curve. We must start addressing this issue immediately. What is the worst part about PvP?
-Underwater combat for sure, it seems like no one enjoys it, it does not work at all and the only map which really has it as part of it’s demographic is avoided until oblivion, and the people who can’t bother with avoiding it just stays the hell out of the water..
-Right, the goal is clear enough boys! We will fix..Underwater combat!
-“applauds from the Anet employees”.
-“screams from thousands of PvP players seeing their dreams of actual PvP being crushed”.

Arheundel.6451:

I assume that for LOT of players you mean yourself…..

If you were satisfied with this patch…..then i don’t know what to say to you man, except i hope you enjoy this game and will be quite confused when your the only one left.

this patch was quite good actually. playing my ranger again fo sho. you’ll be seeing a crapton more rangers is t/spvp and this in itself will bring some much needed variety. my new condition ranger can chew through bunkers like theyre nothing. not like necros couldnt before either. we may see the meta shift toward more condition removal now.